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No. Q9|,72|. Patented 1an. 2|, |902. J. L. KERSTETTER.

INKSTAND.

(Application led May 24, 1901.)

(No Mod'el.)

I @XN/[monza v UNITEDV STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. KERSTETTER, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIVGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOF. W. WINGER AND F. W. VAGNER, OF BRADFORD,

PENNSYLVANIA.

INKSTAN D. n

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 691,721', datedJanuary 21, 1902,

Application nea May 24,1901.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be itknown that I, JAMES L. KERSTETTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bradford, in the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and use-r ful Inkstand, of which the following is aspecitication..

The present invention relates to inkstands; and one object thereof is toprovide an improved closure for the dip-opening of the inkreceptacle,which closure will be automatically operated when the pen is laid uponthe rack and at the same time will permit of the ink-receptacle beingreadily filled or removed for the purpose of cleansing.

A further object is to provide an improved device for regulating thedepth to which the pen may be inserted in the ink-receptacle, whereby anabnormal amount of ink upon the pen, with its consequent inconveniences,may be avoided.

In the following specification ythere is described the preferredembodiment of this invention, and the sameis also illustrated in theaccompanying drawings; but such slight changes may be made therefrom asare within the scope of the appended claims.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an inkstand embodyingthe present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View throughthe same, Fig. 3 is a sectional View through the dip-tube, showing a peninserted therein. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but illustratingthe pen inserted in a different manner. Fig. 5 is a detail verticalsectional view through the dip-tube, taken at substantially right anglesto the section shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings. i

In carrying out the invention a pen-rack is provided, which consists ofa base-ring 10, supported by suitable feet 11 and having upondiametrically opposite portions upright standards 12. These standardseach carry at its upper end keeper branches or prongs 13, the rear prongbeing preferably in the form of a hook. Interposed between these prongsis an intermediate separator-pron g 14, which is pro! Serial No. 61,753.(No model.)

vided with a downwardly-extending slot 15, having its upper end open.

An ink-receptacle 16 is seated within the ring 10 and has an annularshoulder 17, which rests thereon. This receptacle may be of any desiredconstruction, but is preferably made of glass, and has a suitabledip-opening 18 contiguous to its front end. Beneath this opening islocated a cylindrical depending well 19. For the purpose of closing thedipopening 18 a cover (designated as a whole by the reference-numeral20) is pivoted upon the pen-rack. This cover consists of asuitable cap21, having a neck 22, that is secured to a counter weight or balance 23,which counterbalance is provided at its 'end edges with trunnions 24,that are detachably seated in the` lower ends of the slots 15 of theintermediate separator-prong. When in position, the neck 22 projectsacross the space between the front and intermediate prongs 13 and 14 ofthe respective standards, and the counterbalance 23 is sufficient tonormally hold the cover in raised position, as indicated in dotted linesin Fig. 2. Y

Arranged in the dip-opening 18 of the inkreceptacle is thedip-regulating tube 25, preferably provided with external screw-threadsat its upper end, said upper end also having an outstanding liange 2G.The lower end of the tube is contracted by lmeans of converging stopwings orshoulders 27, the free ends of which are spaced a slightdistance apart and leave lateral inlet-openings 28. A supportingcollar29 is fastened to the walls of the dip-opening 18 and is provided withinternal screw-threads. The regulating-tube 25 is threaded into thiscollar and can be rotated therein to regulate the distance between thestop wings or shoulders 27 and the bottom of the well 19.

, The operation of the several elements is as follows: As long as thereis no weight upon the cap 21 or the neck 22 the counterbalance 23 willhold said cap in raised position', and the dip-tube is therefore readilyaccessible to a person using the same. When the, person said pen willbear upon the neck 22, and because of this additional weight the frontportion of the coverwill be lowered and the cap will be brought upon theupstanding portion of the regulating-tube 25, thus closing theink-receptacle. When it becomes necessary to ill the receptacle, theentire cover may be removed by sliding the trunnions from the open endsof the pivot-slots 15, thus giving sufficient room for the necessarymovement of the mouth of the supply-bottle. W hen the cover has thusbeen removed, the ink-receptacle may also be readily taken from thesupporting-ring for the purpose of cleansing. Should the level of theink within the receptacle be near the top of the same the tube isrotated, so as to raise it to a suitable height, and as the ink lowersby rotating it in the opposite direction the lower end will becorrespondingly lowered, so that a sufiicient quantity of ink willalways be assured. The connection between the su pporting-collar 29 andthe tube is air-tight, so that the height of the ink within the tubewill be regulated by the lateral inlet-openings 28, and in case a smallpen is employed the tube is rotated so that the wings will be across thesame or in substantially the position shown in Fig. 3. The sideshoulders of the pen will thereupon bear against these wings and thepoint will not project between the same. lf, however, a longer pen isused and one that will hold a greater quantity of ink, the tube isrotated until it is substantially at right angles to the position shownin Fig. 3 or in the relation shown in Fig. 4. The point of a pen wheninserted while the tube is in this position will pass between the lowerends of the stop wings or shoulders 27 and the movement will be stoppedby the inner shoulders of said pen. It thus can be dipped farther thanwhen in the above-described position.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construct-ion may be resorted to without departingfrom" the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention.

t Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,.is-

l. The combination with a pen-rack comprising a base-ring, standardslocated at diametrically opposite points of the ring, each of saidstandards being provided with spaced keeper-prongs and an intermediateseparator-prong having a longitudinally-disposed slot which is open atits upper end, an inkreceptacle seated in the base-ring and providedwith a dip-opening, a cover for the dipopening havingoppositely-disposed pintles detachably mounted in the slots of theintermediate separator-prongs and counterweighted so as to be normallyheld away from the dip-opening, said cover projecting across the spacebetween the prongs of the respective standards and arranged to beengaged and moved over the dip-opening by a penholder placed betweensaid prongs.

2. An ink-receptacle having a dip-opening, a dip-regulating devicelocated in said opening, and stop means carried by the regulatingdevice, said stop means being movable to diierent positions and arrangedto be engaged when in such different positions by different portions ofa pen inserted in the dipopening to limit the depth of movement of thesame.

3. An ink-receptacle having a dip-opening, a dip-regulating tuberotatably mounted within the dip-opening and carrying oppositelydisposedstop-shoulders which are movable to different positions vand arearranged to be engaged when in such different positions by differentportions of a pen inserted in the dipopening to limit the depth ofmovement of the same.

4. An ink-receptacle having a dip-opening, a dip-regulating tuberotatably mounted in the opening and carrying oppositely-disposedconverging stop wings, the lower ends of which are spaced apart.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aftixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. KERSTETTER.

lVitnesses:

J. P. MULLIN, E. W. MULLIN.

